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Article: NEIMAN'S SET TO TAKE AN ALMOST TEXAS-SIZE BITE OUT OF WORTH AVENUE; PLANNED 48,600-SQ.-FT. STORE IS SMALL FOR NM, BUT HUGE FOR UPSCALE PALM BEACH STREET.
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- Daily News Record
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- July 6, 1998
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PALM BEACH -- Palm Beach's staid Worth Avenue is changing.
The tree-lined street where elite retailers such as Chanel, Cartier and Tiffany have for years proffered high-end merchandise from oh-so-tasteful tiny storefronts is about to get a larger-than-life Neiman Marcus.
On first blush it would seem that such an upscale establishment is just the ticket for the 35,000 households in Palm Beach County with $100,000-plus incomes. But when it comes to putting the only Neiman Marcus in Florida outside of Fort Lauderdale on the 100 block of Worth Avenue, not everyone is enthusiastic.
Town officials had the idea of revamping the 100 block, developing it more ...